• Have a New You by Friday

  • How to Accept Yourself, Boost Your Confidence & Change Your Life in 5 Days
  • By: Kevin Leman
  • Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
  • Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (154 ratings)

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Have a New You by Friday

By: Kevin Leman
Narrated by: Wayne Shepherd
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You can change your life - in just 5 days! How many times have you tried to change your own habits, only to find that changing yourself is even harder than trying to change someone else? Now, what the best-selling Have a New Kid by Friday has done for families and Have a New Husband by Friday has done for couples, Have a New You by Friday will do for you. With his signature wit and commonsense psychology, Dr. Kevin Leman walks you through your own personal five-day action plan. You will come to accept the truth about yourself, boost your confidence by identifying the lies you’re telling yourself (and putting them to rest for good), and change your life by concentrating on becoming who you really want to be.

©2010 Kevin Leman (P)2010 Oasis Audio

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Wrong title?

Some interesting points, no miracle cure, general, a bit too long.

I had expected more and better tools for “changing by Friday”. I was looking for some “quick fixing” and encouraging reading. The book is more like an ordinary book about the topic, self development / help. No miracles by Friday as the title promises.

Good parts:
The chapter about birth order was interesting indeed. Very interesting observations about what shapes us. The chapter was maybe a bit too long.

The authour's own story about the gain of self confidence in the academic field was also very interesting.

The part about early childhood memories was ground shaking to me! (Do the exercise). I got to see some of my “blind spots”. Or I got to see and feel where my personality was shaped. My first memories were also feelings which unconsciously have been with me ever since, without me knowing where the feeling of being “me” came from. These (until now hidden) feelings are both my personality and also my defense. I have not truly been able to understand why people have called me selfish and absentminded (or therefore I have not been able to or felt it necessary to change it, because this “feeling of me” felt so right). But seeing myself in my early childhood I saw a child getting her way but also “living in my own world” to protect he self from chaos and lack of contact. Now that I have literally seen my weakness and its root, I feel I have a choice to do otherwise.

How the personality of your parents has shaped us also turned to be true for me. Very interesting.

Otherwise tools to identifying your weakness’s and implementing the changes was rather trivial. (Im not sure the experience I have described above was meant to be so ground shaking as it turn out to be for me).

The author reveals weakness's which he has not be able to change, which makes the last part of the book more like chit-chat.

Some interesting points, no miracle cure, too general, a bit too long.

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Everything you want to know about "birth order"...

I have read his other books, VERY disappointed in this book! A lot about birth order and the effects your siblings had on you growing up. Pretty much the whole book carried this theme. Water under the bridge, looking for here and now.

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This book lives up to its title!

Becoming a new you by Friday really is possible. With his qwerky humour and unique story telling Kevin Leman guides you on the path to a new and better version of yourself! Definitely recommend this book.

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I love everything by Dr. Leman

An eye opener. It's never too late to work on oneself. I recommend to every adukt

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Worth Reading to the End

This book is deceiving at first. I have read other reviews saying that it's "too much birth order" and not loyal to its title. However. those who read it to the end find that the birth order information is crucial to having success in the very helpful last chapters on actually making the changes.
Kevin Leman has hit another home run. Those of you who read just halfway through and got discouraged at the lack of helpful steps would benefit from reading the whole book.

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Good but more practical action.

Several times I thought I was reading about love, marriage and relationship. Very good reader.

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So disappointed

I have enjoyed another book by Dr Leman very much and I was sure this one would be great as well. This book has absolutely nothing to do with the title. It’s entirely about personalities related to birth order and talks about celebrities in this context. It is not a helpful book for self-development whatsoever.

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Life changing information!

I just turned 67 but this book changed my life. Dr Leman has given me insight into my attitude and behavior that has puzzled me for years. I didn’t understand why I felt and acted like I do until I read Have a New You By Friday. This book gave me the tools to turn my life around and love myself and stop feeling like a loser. Thank you, Dr Leman, from the bottom of my heart!

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Okay, but Outdated

The principles are good, but the cultural references are outdated and I don't think the author has ever really been around Great Danes. He describes their temperament much differently than any I have ever been around. They are known as "gentle giants". They are extremely docile. Quite the opposite of what he describes.
The author lingers so long on birth order and giving examples of it, that I got quite bored. There is a lot of relationship advice, and being happily married for 32 years (to another firstborn no less), I just felt like it didn't apply. I'm sure that there are people who would really benefit from this book, I'm just not one of them.

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Excellent Content

I really like this book! I just finished it, and I'm going to listen to it all over again. There's so much in here. I want make sure I get every ounce of wisdom out of it. Would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to overcome anything that's holding them back. Solid, insightful, and practical. I honestly feel hopeful that I can and will become the person I know I can be!

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